Hi-moisture corn going into cement silo

[@rickmayer3749]

Thanks Andy. I’ve never been around this process. When I was on the farm we picked ear corn and stored it in a crib. To feed we ran the ears through a mixer mill. One of my daily chores. We only milked 125 cows back in the 70s. Once again very informative. Best channel on the internet. I am fascinated by your operation and seeing how it’s done on a large scale and to see how things have changed.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Rick Mayer 125 cows was a good size operation in the 70’s.Thanks for the comment.

[@dalebraun5497]

Thanks for showing the silo internals. It's nice to see how things work.

[@johnhatt1219]

Very nice video Andy good job thnks for taking the time to make these videos and live streams of life of a family 👪 farm operates

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

John Hatt thanks John

[@arkansas1336]

Thanks for showing these camera angles and inside the silo. Its very interesting to learn about another side of your farm life! ....13

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks for the comment Ark, it was a little Dusty during the filling process .

[@curtweatherbee2523]

Andrew my back is Roy doing good went to the doctors yesterday 23rd got a really good report👍🏻 thank you so much for asking🇺🇸Take care

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Curt Weatherbee good to know Curt

[@mikebonge7206]

What a Huge operation. First class

[@corydevries3494]

Another high quality video Andrew! Always kinda a favorite of mine to do. Sounds crazy I know! Cool to watch ya filling it up!

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks Cory

[@darrennelson7560]

Hello Andy, Interesting to see you mill the corn before putting it in the silo. Learning from your videos, thanks, Darren. When I used to work on a farm, here in England, we put barley and wheat in silos for animal feed. This was milled when we took it out to use.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

It has to be ground in the way into an open air silo when the crop had moisture in it. In our air tight silo it goes in while and we grind it on the way out.

[@darrennelson7560]

@@FarmingFixingFabricating Ok, thanks, Andy.

[@timkelsey8951]

Thanks for showing us the other end of the process.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks for the comment Tim

[@Samschannel-xi2ev]

Thanks for the explanation never knew how those silos worked, only been around Harvestores.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Sam'schannel4250 we have one of those to fill to.

[@danfike3016]

Thanks for the video sir that shot of the yard from on top was cool that thing will hold some corn!

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Dan Fike thanks for watching Dan

[@AgricultureINDIA-91]

Great video & perfect machines 👍

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

I'm glad you liked the video

[@jimcivitello3913]

Great video andy thanks for sharing. Interesting to see that you mill the corn b4 it goes into the silo. A few guys around here do high moisture corn but they're using snapper heads on self propelled chopper and putting it up as earlege. Always interesting to see how things are done in different areas.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Jim Civitello hey Jim,a couple guys do it that way near us as well.

[@stubarry3206]

Great explanation of how it all works Andy mate , excellent video 👍👍👍

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Stu Barry thanks Stu

[@daveheckman2513]

Always wondered how the unloader worked. Thanks Andy .

[@rodneyerdmann1545]

When I worked for my Uncle and his son-in-law, they put up high moisture ear corn and they used their Fox chopper and blew it up in the silo. They put a finer screen in it and put a chute above the knives and with an elevator unloaded the corn into it. It was a slow process but it worked!

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Rodney Erdmann we did that years ago with a new holland 892 pull type chopper.

[@mikep7810]

Great video. Corn looked like it was ground up nice

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

mikep7810 thanks mike

[@andrewwoodhead8305]

You've got a good head for heights anyway Andy. Looks a long way down!👍informative.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Andrew Woodhead yeah you don’t want to make any wrong moves that’s for sure.

[@andrewwoodhead8305]

@@FarmingFixingFabricating No acrophobia on your part Andy. Have you ever been up the empire state building??👍

[@curtweatherbee2523]

OK Andrew now I know how you fill ur silo with high moisture corn👍🏻🇺🇸

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Curt Weatherbee thanks curt,how is the back doing?

[@matthewosterhoudt1176]

Great video andy!

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Matthew Osterhoudt thanks Matt

[@matthewosterhoudt1176]

Your welcome andy

[@69druth]

Different unloader than the one we used, a Patz 98B back in the day. Good show

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

69druth this silo was made from a 20’x60’ and a 24’x60’ .The 24’ silo had a path unloader in it ,surface drive unit we used it for a couple years

[@bogdonkey2858]

Great video!!

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks for the comment bog donkey

[@tedkahler9738]

been harvesting high moisture corn here for last few weeks... feedyard where we are hauliing it has over 1 million bushels in their pile right now

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Ted Kahler have they grinded any of it yet?

[@tedkahler9738]

most of it.... actually done at the main yard and doing another 100 k pile in a differant location

[@antonyfarming]

Great vid looks good

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment

[@coreytrout3857]

Neat to watch. I was wondering if you are doing high moisture shell corn because of using haylage in the mix vs. making earlage with the chopper? Very informative video

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yeah this is the way we do the himoisture grain corn another option would be to use chopper and do snaplage

[@rongrose3746]

Be safe climbing that tall silo !

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Ron Grose defiantly don’t want to make any wrong moves

[@egan88817]

Thanks for the video today. 16 doors left, so if I remember correctly at the time of this video you were just about 1/2 full?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Steve Horan yes just over half full.

[@davie2606]

Do you know how many tonnes of silane went into the new bunk.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

David E haylage that went into the new bunk was around 6500 ton

[@WorldsOkayestFarmer]

Very interesting to see thanks for explaining #WorldsOkayestFarmer

[@phillipsaunders8062]

Probably have it full by thursday-friday? How many ton of hmsc does it hold? 1000 tons?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Phillip Saunders if we could get back into the field,been raining here.Yes it will hold 1000 ton

[@phillipsaunders8062]

@@FarmingFixingFabricating we got some snow the other day, made things sloppy but we've been a little luckier as of late and have been getting missed with the rain and smaller amounts. Still chopping here

[@robertmacleod4058]

I'm guessing the corn will ferment in the silo?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Robert MacLeod yes it will ferment in the silo.

[@Erated78]

That is one tall silo. Was that silo built a long time ago? Thanks Andy, cheers

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Erated78 that silo was put up about 6 years ago.It was made out of 2 silos that were on another farm of ours.A company came in tore them down and put them together to make this silo.

[@terilowe9528]

Have you ever thought of doing earlage?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

We've seen other guys doing it and we prefer to use combine

[@dylanmcgregor5285]

How many dairy cows you milk in a day

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Dylan McGregor 1500

[@frankdeegan8974]

Just wondering you said you were down 16 doors how many doors does this silo have? I would not want to climb up that silo and not have someone conscious keeping an eye on me. Safety on the farm takes staying alert for yourself and others it bugs me when I am in a dangerous position and no one is paying any attention.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Frank Deegan I think there is about 35 maybe.The bottom third of the silo there is door in every other spot.The silo is 24 feet in diameter and it is 85 feet tall.